Sonication-assisted activation of empty fruit bunches to produce activated carbon for supercapacitor's electrodes: Surface chemistry and morphology characterization.

Egbe Terence Awoh, Joseph Kiplagat, Stephen K Kimutai, Achisa C Mecha

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Surface and Structural Characterization of Buckwheat Husk-Derived Activated Carbons: Correlation of SEM, Elemental, FTIR, Raman, and Porous Properties with Electrokinetic Behavior.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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Egbe Terence AwohDepartment of Mechanical, Production and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering, Moi University, P.O. Box 3900, Eldoret, 30100, Kenya.

Joseph KiplagatDepartment of Mechanical, Production and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering, Moi University, P.O. Box 3900, Eldoret, 30100, Kenya.

Stephen K KimutaiDepartment of Mechanical, Production and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering, Moi University, P.O. Box 3900, Eldoret, 30100, Kenya.

Achisa C MechaRenewable Energy, Environment, Nanomaterials, and Water Research Group, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Moi University, P.O Box 3900, Eldoret, 30100, Kenya.

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Abstract

Thermochemical treatment of empty fruit bunches (EFBs) had been proven to be the fastest way of converting this agro-industrial waste into value. Two-step carbonization and activation was used to convert the EFB to activated carbon with high specific surface area (SSA) and porosity. Hydrothermal carbonization was done at 225 to 275

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EFBHydrocharKOH activationPalm biomassultrasonic post-treatment

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PMID39524825

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38975

PMCPMC11550604

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